The time between 1st august to 15th august , 1947 were very unstable politically for india. we were due to get independence but nothing was certain . so , all the eminent leader of that time including nehru were busy discussing these issues. for more details i recommend you to watch rajya sabha tv show called samvidhan, where you will get your anwer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U9KDQnIsNk this is a must watch you are interested in activities happening at those times.
It is widely argued that by using violence (Bhagat singh and his comrades in arms) we would have gained independence a few years earlier than 1947. How much truth is there to this angle of discussion?
In 1930, Congress and Gandhi were quite content with demanding dominion status. Extremists (HRA/HSRA) wanted ‘Purna Swaraj’ (complete independence). Seeing how public were siding with these extremists, in 1931, Congress and Gandhi, who only 6 months before had unanimously rejected the idea of asking for complete independence, declared that they too would demand complete independence. Had it not been for Bhagat Singh and HRA, Congress would still have been fighting for dominion status in 1947. Nowhere it has been proved that Gandhi or Congress helped us in getting independence.Contrary to popular belief that Mahatma Gandhi’s non-violence antics and Congress' "we will talk to them to give us independence" approach helped us in getting independence, there is concrete proof that Mahatma Gandhi had ‘minimal’ role in that. There is a reason why British left all of a sudden after the World War and not after the non-violent Quit India movement of 1942. Chief Justice P.B. Chakr...